ONCHI KOSHIRO (1891-1955)

HOGAKUZA NAIKEI (HOGAKUZA THEATER INTERIOR), FROM THE SERIES SHIN TOKYO HYAKKEI (NEW HUNDRED VIEWS OF TOKYO)

Details

ONCHI KOSHIRO (1891-1955)
Hogakuza naikei (Hogakuza theater interior), from the series Shin Tokyo hyakkei (New hundred views of Tokyo)
Woodcut, n.d. [1929], signed in the image in Japanese Koshiro and sealed jizuri (self-printed), titled in Japanese in left margin as above, inscribed in pencil with the numeral 18, printed paper slips on verso in Japanese with title as above and hibaihin (not for sale) and with artist's name
8.3/8 x 10.5/8in. (21.3 x 27cm.)

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Onchi Koshiro hangashu/Prints of Onchi Koshiro (Tokyo: Keishosha, 1975), no. 133, p. 268.

For another impression see Ono Tadashige, Kindai Nihon no hanga (Modern Japanese prints) (Tokyo: Sansaisha, 1971), 20th page of black/white illustrations; The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, ed., Onchi Koshiro to "Tsukuhae"/Koshiro Onchi and "Tsukuhae" (Tokyo: The National Museum of Modern Art, 1976), no. 95.